PZL WSK Świdnik PZL-Głuszec. 2020

Kraków 2020-05-14

Combat helicopter based on the PZL-Sokół helicopter.

PZL-Sokół W-3PL nb 0818 in the first weapon version. 2007 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman
PZL-Sokół W-3PL nb 0818 in the first weapon version. 2007 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

Description to the photo: W-3PL nb 0818 in the first assault version. Built in 1998. It was equipped with four external hooks. Rich armament is presented. A GSz-23Ł double-barreled cannon was mounted on the starboard side. The helicopter was equipped with a "fast descent" line. The helicopter is in the old painting pattern. It was used in Inowrocław. On the ground, on the sides, there are ZR-8 containers for carrying eight PLBOK-1-15 packages with ball bombs. On the ground, next to the helicopter, there are MARS-2M launchers for the S-5 unguided missiles. On the ground, in front of the helicopter, there are "GAD" beams, designed to launch 9M32ML infrared guided missiles. There are B8-10 launchers for S-8 unguided missiles on the hooks next to the helicopter. A set of six PLMK-1-6 with mines to mine the area from the air was mounted on the external hooks.

PZL-Sokół W-3PL in the first weapon version. 2017 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman
PZL-Sokół W-3PL in the first weapon version. 2017 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

Description for the picture: The helicopter has a new paint, but it is in the first version of the weapon.

PZL-Sokół W-3PL "Głuszec" nb 0819 nr 360819. 2011 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman
PZL-Sokół W-3PL "Głuszec" nb 0819 nr 360819. 2011 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

Description to the photo: W-3PL "Głuszec" nb 0819, was built in 1998. The helicopter was modernized to the final version of "Głuszec". The helicopter has an optoelectronic head above the flight deck. There is a searchlight. There is a new winch. There is a new machine gun WKM-B with a caliber of 12.7 mm, guided, mounted under the nose of the helicopter.

PZL-Sokół W-3PL "Głuszec" nb 0901. 2015 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman
PZL-Sokół W-3PL "Głuszec" nb 0901. 2015 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

Written by Karol Placha Hetman